There is a difference between Peeing in the Pool and peeing IN the Pool

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It is tough for me to spend more than 5 minutes in a pool without peeing... I don't know why, it just happens....

Keep on swimming...

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I think its more of the icky factor, probably most adults know that urine is sterile, its just seen as having a dirty connotation.

If your fit enough to swim, then surely your fit enough to walk to the toilet. Can you actually pee while your swimming? you probably have to stop anyway. I am sure you won't lose fitness from time off training. IMHO you either respect that it's a public pool and get out and use the toilet - unless they allow peeing in the pool, can you expect respect if you won't give it?

Thanks, I will pee as I feel....

Actually I do per while I swim, but I can also walk and chew gum at the same time.

In the swimming world, its encouraged to pee in the pool. Getting out to pee is seen more as an excuse to skip part of practice.

Plus its gross to go into the bathroom barefoot.

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I assume that it is still frowned upon to crap in the pool? Even among swimmers?

What.... don't want to get pee on your foot? Rather just swallow a little bit?

I love it and typically announce 'free lemon lime Gatorade in my lane'.

"Really. It's OK. So pee away. "

Not true...I got kicked out of our pool for doing this. So, for the record, from the starter block while the Jr. swim team is in the next lane is not OK, no matter how far your stream can reach.

Thanks for the morning laugh! Happy Monday.

Cretins.

No coaches get mad if you are ducking out to pee...

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I suppose there'll be a study supporting code browns next - the chlorine is in there for a reason! eeewww!

I will have to work on it.
I had gotten to a point of being able to pee whilst swimming - and for some reason stopped - don't know why, but every time I get out of the pool I suddenly notice I have to pee!

Next time I have to pee I am just going to wizz on my coworker's leg. He should be fine with it though because pee is sterile.

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How does Danny Hart sit down with balls that big?

i just go to the bathroom. no big deal. whats grosse is when greg luganis was bleeding in a pool and didnt tell anyone he had aid. but no one caught that. sooo. thank goodness for chemicals

Wrong. Have you ever swam on a serious competitive swim team as a teenager or college? (masters team does not count)

I've had coaches where if you got out to go to the bathroom, you were kicked out of practice for the day. And this was a group of 14-18 year old's I was swimming with.

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Al just left out the comma. He meant: "No, coaches get mad if you are ducking out to pee." Al swam on a very elite Canadian team from around age 8 until around 25-ish, and recently swam a 17:05 for 1500 SCM at age 35, on 2 swim workouts per week.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Yep. Our coach hated people getting out of the pool and/or leaving the pool deck. After nights when he knew we had been drinking he would put trash cans by each lane so that if we had to puke we wouldn't need to leave the pool.

You must be new here right <pink>.

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Thanks for clearing up.

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Actually, Greg does not have AIDS. He is HIV positive, which is not the same thing. But thanks for contributing your ignorance.

John

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Guess it depends what you classify as new... been floating around on here for about 2 years. Glad to know there's another fish on this board

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It's only sterile until it leaves the bladder... the long trip to daylight through all that syphylitic tubing negates that... ;)

"Al just left out the comma."

Courtesy of Dave Roche:

Two things I just can't do...pee in a pool or pee in my wetsuit....I guess I just have issues peeing in a body of water.
I really don't think I could pee on the bike either.

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To avoid peeing in the pool, I pee before changing into my trunks while in the locker room.
If I still need to pee while swimming then I let it flow, but that rarely happens.

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Self centered people come up with self centered responses to societies social norms.

Since the majority of people prefer no one do it... deciding to do it is a big FU to all of them.

It's real easy... don't give a crap about people = peeing in a pool. It's like farting or burping at the dinner table. Would you do that on a date? All of the people on Jersey Shore pee in the pool. Your in great company.

Some people don't mature when they become adults. Respect and responsibility are vital to that process.


We are an evolved species. We are not fish. Fish don't know any better. They also don't wear clothes in public or understand what sophistication means.

People usually stop peeing in the pool around the same time they learn boogers aren't part of the food pyramid.

Would any of the pee justifiers ever accept a vodka and tonic topped off with a little urine? Or how about if I pissed on the steaks to put down the grill flare up?

When you have your own pool, pee away.... But when using a public pool, follow the public norm and use the toilet like the rest of the civilized adults.

(....and yes, I swam competitively for years and peed in the pool ZERO times. Lakes are fair game but pools are off limits with no exceptions.)

technicality ... still a biohazard in pols. hence the chemicals being good to have . so im ignorant doesnt make me a bad person

Who uses the locker room to change into a swim suit??? That's what parkas are for...deck change!

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at least in a pool there are chemies
in a lake??? that is just one big urinal

Personally, I don't pee in the pool and have a whiz before getting into the pool. But, the question I have is whether it is OK to pee in a public shower? I get changed, pee, have a shower and get into the pool. On the way out I have to pee again and the shower gutter seems fine to me. People are blowing their noses and spitting in there already.

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Honest question - for those who feel that peeing in a pool is uncool (which I agree with 100%), how many of you shower before getting int he pool? I will freely admit that I don't always shower before hitting the pool....

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I rarely ever shower before I get in the pool and I pee freely... Actually, I got cited for urinating in public once. I framed that citation and kept it above my desk for a long time (lost it in a recent move though)...

I do all of this because I hate the MAN for holding me down....

Ah yes, "skier soup". Aka "hot tub" at the ski resort. While I generally have a shower before getting into the pool, for most of us who are training regularly, I often wonder about this as I know I dump my share of sweat into the pool while working out. But I know the little old "cologne stinky" women sure as shit don't shower as the reek when they get in the pool. Hmmmmmm, maybe I should start peeing in the pool to get even. Also, all the little toddlers with their saturated "swimmer diapers" sure as heck aren't holding back anything and there is leakage of everything! While I'm on my rant, why are there always bandages floating in the pool?

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+1. Peeing while swimming is step 1. Not breaking stream during flipturn takes more practice!! :)

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What about all these salt water pools? No chlorine there to kill the urine. I myslef have not peed in the pool, but if you are close to me in the lake and the water gets warm it's not lake water.....

I have not yet been to a public salt water pool
but I think my lunch just came back up

the number of people pre race wading deep enough to pee in races does make me think that race starts are urine with a little lake water mixed in

NaCl.

The real skill is to pee while running. I don't even break stride. It led to my fastest IM marathon this year.

My favorite peeing in public observation was on a passanger ferry with three thousand triathletes waiting to start the Escape From Alcratz swim. There was a lady in a wet suit that only went down to her knees, and a stream of bright yellow vitamin pee running down to her feet in plain sight of a lot of people and onto the carpeted floor of the ferry. I was wearing a full length wet suit and had the decency to go outside and pee onto the steel deck. Tim

Wha??? Salt water pools have exactly the same chems in them Salt = NaCl. When it passes thru the chlorinator (low voltage plates) it splits the Na and Cl. There you go, chlorine for free. The chemical-y properties that everyone hates in freshwater pools is the free-chlorines that build up when the chlorine binds itself to carbon based junk. They agitate your eyes and skin. Salt pools don't get the build up so they are generally referred to as easier on the skin/eyes.

You need to write a blog post on this ;-)

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It's not about losing fitness by walking to the toilet, it's about losing your lane spot to a fat water walker while you go to the toilet... and they pee in the pool as well.

If that makes your lunch come up, then never think about what's in a public pool after open swim with mom and all the tots, some in diapers.

Or go with WC Fields, who never drank water because fish f*k in it.

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Peeing in the pool is fine. Just make sure to limit the amount of asparagus you eat the night before.

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All public pools must maintain some level of chlorine in them (unless they want to be non-public). That level of Cl depends on the sanitation systems the pool uses. The pool I work at zaps the water with ozone and because of that system, we can reduce our Cl levels. And our water is also treated with salt. And I pee in it when the urge strikes while I'm swimming.

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What? I pee in the pool all the time but doing it mid-length at least gives it some time to disperse a bit before you encounter it again. Pissing while turning basically guarantees you will get a face full of your own pee, and that's gross even for an unashamed pisser like me.

I just turned off my brain and started typing.............who knew damn chlorine attached to that sodium.
I just stand in the lake and start peeing..........
I will not just stand in my lane and piss away. Thanks for the all clear. I'm tired of the long walk down the stairs to the real toilet anyway.
That'll also teach that old hag at the pool who keeps bitching that I didn't shower........She's the one that smells like Ben-gay why should I shower. She will now enjoy my golden bathtub of urine and NaCl. I can see her now asking why the pool taste so uriney (is that a word?).
I also hear people drink their urine. Kind of like a recovery drink. I would think some of the uber triathletes would have at least tried it.

I just switched to a pool with no kids
but I am sure the old men more than make up for it

they're not?

I pee and fart in the pool... while swimming. Very freeing

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I've proudly been a member of the Pool Urinating Group for over 20 years and have no plans of stopping anytime soon. At a summer camp I worked at, no peeing in the pond was a rule, and something we reminded kids off everyday...often while standing in the pond and peeing in the pond ourselves.

Back on the HS swim team, you were heavily punished if you left the pool to pee. If you were leaving the pool to poop, it had better be an emergency on the verge of explosion. You had 90 seconds once you left the water to be back in it again, or you would have to walk around the entire pool deck dropping down to do 5 pushups after every 3 steps.

But it taught the very valuable skill of Speed Shitting which comes in handy 5-10 times every race morning and almost every day of my life.

Pee Long and Prosper

Arguably the funniest thing I have read today. Still laughing....

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How else would you float your hips if not by farting?

Remember, urine is only sterile if you are completely healthy. Also, got be careful not to take your vitamins before the swim or the bright yellow might give you away!

I seem to remember an article around the olympics where the olympians pretty much all admitted to peeing in the pool. Anyone else read that?

Anyone argue with peeing at the start of an open water race? Always seems warmer than it should while waiting in the shallow water with all the other racers for the gun.

It always creeps me out to swim behind buddies in a lane when I know they were just in the john for awhile before the workout. Somehow, I feel like I am swimming in a bidet. I guess that is incentive to swim in front.

My family spent new years at a resort with an indoor waterpark. I was probably exposed to more pee than a kink/"watersports" convention in Vegas.

We would train through colds and stuff. My nasal passages would clear up during practice since you exhale more forcefully when swimming and I'm quite sure I've left a few snotties in Talisman Centr and U of C.

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I've stood at the end of a lane with the team and my lane mates would know from my expression that I was sharing my portable lane heater with them. Of course that was jrs. Not sure that would fly 10 years later

This Study overlooks some pretty basic chemistry. While urine may be technically sterile, the ammonia compounds in urine react with chlorine to produce chloramines which are pretty potent irritants. Ever walk into a pool and it smells like "chlorine". That's not chlorine you are smelling but the product of pee reacting with chlorine. Ever walk out of the pool with red, irritated eyes? Don't blame the chlorine but the people peeing in the pool.

Sorry dudes, while it may be a practice in some places, it is not safe. Maybe educate your coaches - if they have swimmers hack from 'chlorine', let them know that their respiratory ailments and red eyes are not caused by the chlorine in the pool but by the product of pee reacting with chlorine. They should instruct their swimmers to stop peeing in the pool.

http://www.cnn.com/...e.hygiene/index.html

I had a nickname on my club team: Chief Yellow Cloud. I thought that was clever when I got to my college team until I realized everyone there did it, too. There, we called it "The quizzical look." Like when you're confused by something, squinting while hanging on the lane ropes between sets. One teammate took this all to extremes, bragging that he could pee through a flip turn, until we reminded him that he'd be going right through his own cloud.

In all seriousness, pee does add to the nitrogen load in a pool. That leads to mono, I'd and tri chloramines, the chemicals that smell like chlorine in a pool. Sweat, body oils, saliva...all contribute to the nitrogens. That is why you should shoer before entering the water. Even though swimmers definitely sweat in the pool, washing off before getting in diminishes the load by up to 50%. It's far mo gross to swim through someone's sweaty cloud, after they've been in class all day, or in the gym, or after a night with the partner.

Regardless of the sanitation medium, salt or chlorine, chloramines will still be produced. The key is to diminish (mandating showers, cutting back the peeing) the nitrogen a and then getting the bad chemicals out of the water and the air. The chloramines precipitate out into the air when the water is stirred by swimmers or when it goes over a pool edge into the gutters. If the cloud is allowed to stay over the water, and not vented, the pool room smells bad, and less can precipitate out of the water, meaning the water gets more caustic. Managers try to shock the pool with more chlorine to "burn off" the nitrates, but those still have to get into the air, and more chlorine means more chloramines. The best thing to do is to vent the pool air outside and to neutralize chloramines with UV light in the filter line.

why waste it in the pool when this is perfectly normal too:

http://www.youtube.com/...;v=a8QEzq8JT2E#t=22s

As a kid that grew up swimming (all the way into college), I have pee'd in many a pool. In fact I consider myself an aficionado on the subject. As long as I can remember I have pee'd in every pool I have been in since my early teenage years. Not just swimming pools either. Kiddie pools, wave pools, you name it.

I am glad you posted this. I have been telling my wife this for years, (even though she disagrees) and now its settled. I use ST posts and logic to try to win arguments

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It's not that its scientifically proven to be "OK" to do so,

It's that it makes you a disgusting Pig, one that fits into the same category as people who pick their noses, sneeze without covering their mouths, etc.


You could, but if you have any class; you don't.

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peeing maybe, fear of the lumpy fart precludes the idea! LOL

IMO mature adults go to the rest room to pee. Immature adults just pee in the pool. The more somebody tries to justify their actions (peeing in the pool), the more immature they are (and lazy). Peeing in the pool is disrespectful to the others who use the pool. Not showering before you enter the pool is another sign of disrespect to the other swimmers. At my gym, it's a rule and you have to walk past four signs that say you must shower before entering the pool. I've called people out for not showering. Now the lifeguards actually stop people who don't shower. They've actually suspended members who refuse to shower, despite the lifeguards asking them too.

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It's a judgement call. You can tell which kids have to pee and which ones are full of shit.

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WTF....what about the urban legend of the "special chemical" put in pools to make your pee turn RED in the water.

I remember that one growing up and dared not test the chemical. I have my own pool in the backyard and now know that was all a load of crap.

So now I pee in the pool just for spite....trying to make up for lost time.

Friggin special chemical.....I mean really!!

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While we're on the topic of "respect", how 'bout the wonderful tools that "perfume" up after they showered and then dive in. Wonderful, thanks for the awesome taste of YOUR after shave on my lips! At least piss is neutralized by the chlorine.

Thanks for pointing out the fact that pee contributes to the formation of chloramines. Finally someone mentioned it.

Chloramines lead to asthma. http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/19/5/827.long There was a big publicity blitz about young children getting asthma who spent time in indoor pools. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/...-bad-for-your-lungs/

So, since we can't talk any sense into the majority of posters here (!) to stop peeing out of consideration of *others*, just think: if you all become asthmatic, it'll interfere with your racing. Yeah, that's right, you are hurting yourself and we all suffer because of your inconsiderate behaviour. Young kids especially.

I shower every single time before I get in a public pool and never pee in a pool. It's adult and responsible behaviour.

This was probably the most disheartening thread I've ever read on ST. I can't help but wonder if this type of behaviour extends to all facets of life for these people. Bad behaviour as long as nobody is looking.

Sheesh. Time to think about buying an endless pool!

Can you link to an article that confirms that the amount of urine itself (as opposed to sweat) that could exist in a non-overcrowded pool makes any noticeable difference in the cloramine levels?


And there are germs on ATM machines, gas pumps, and all public doors. Better not ever use those either.

In fact, you probably should just never leave the house. Crossing the street is dangerous too.

"You can tell which kids have to pee and which ones are full of shit."


I see what you did there.

Do you pee on them as well?

No, I'm not willing to research the ratio of urine to sweat in the formation of chloramines. You can't avoid sweating in the pool, or maybe you can if you're one of the little wrinkled old men who float on their backs. You CAN control whether you pee in the pool. Or at least *I* can.

Ah, the old "better not use ATM machines because of germs" argument... Not logical. Wow, you know, I can always wash my hands after using an ATM, but I can't stop breathing in chloramines, or accidentally drinking pool water when someone in the next lane is splashing into my open mouth when I'm taking a breath, or having it go up my nose in a flip turn. The only choice is to stop using public pools since I can't afford to build my own Olympic sized pool.

Maybe I should join a pool where people actually shower before they enter. Or one where people don't pee. Right, it doesn't exist.

I'm just bowled over by the "I pee in the pool, and I'm proud of it!" crowd.

Oh yeah, and I forgot to say: I am not up for a debate on whether it's okay to pee in the pool.

If you think it's okay, then I'm pretty sure there's nothing I could say to change your mind.

I remember that when I was taking a professional ethics course, the test of whether an action is ethical is, would you want to see your action on the front page of the paper? If not, then it's not ethical.

So. Would you want everyone to know that you pee in the pool? Your boss? Your girlfriend? Your mother? So, for the anonymous posters on Slowtwitch proud of peeing, let's put up a poster in the lobby of your local pool with your name and picture there with something cool, like "Hi. I'm John Doe, and I love to pee in the pool!"

I'm done with this thread!

Then why did you enter into one by posting your opinions on the topic?

What is an "ATM machine?"

Someone's a fan of Dimitri Martin I see...

There's two types of people who wear wetsuits:

1- Those to admit to peeing in them
2- Those who say they don't

Do the math...

As far as peeing in the pool goes, yeah it's not the ideal. I would assume that we've all done it at some point in our lives... so let him/her who hasn't cast the first stone.

Skip the pool, pee in the shower. And if you're doing a long set, it doesn't make sense to get out, pee, and get in again. We're all about efficiency, right?

It's not nearly as bad as peeing on the bike, but then again, I understand that too. (As long as you don't do it while someone is passing behind or downwind)

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Its probably already been said (too lazy to read the whole thread) but the solution to pollution is dilution. It would take a WHOLE lot of pee to have a noticeable different in a pool. However, 3000 ironman startes in a small area in Lake Placid with no chlorine? Hmmmmmmmmmm.....

Agree. Those that pee in the pool will never grow up or mature enough to stop the habit. Some are even proud of it and may not have an issue having their picture displayed at their club. Maybe it just goes back to how some of us were raised. Everybody has different sets of morals and values. I was raised to act like a mature adult and respect others. I'm not always perfect, but when I'm wrong I try to learn from the lesson and move on. I can't fathom the mentality of somebody who is proud to pee in a pool or too lazy to go to the restroom.

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I don't EVER want to grow up!! Wait, I'm 40--shit!! Oh well, I will forever be 20 at heart. IMHO- Swimmers, that are properly hydrated DO NOT get out of the pool to take a leak. Sorry to burst anyones bubble but can you imagine a D1 swimmer interupting a workout and raising his hand? Coach, I need to pee...... ya right! Swimmers "Omerta"

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X2. I can't imagine the reaction had someone asked out of a set to go pee. Part of the reason I can't imagine it is that it never happened. wasn't even really contemplated. Cut loose while coach is describing the next set, or if you can't wait let a little go during a rest interval. No problem.

I swam a lot of backstroke and peeing a little waiting for the starter to tell us to take your mark was part of my focusing ritual. Every single race. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.

How about a compromise??? Most of the "pro Peeing" group are serious swimmers who've done 1000s of 2 to 3 or even 4-hr WOs when their coach would not let them get out to pee because he didn't want them getting extra rest, and their 1000s of hrs in the pool is what makes them so "cavalier" about the whole issue. Also, often the long-time swimmer will just be getting into their groove at the 1-hr point, and stopping the swim for more than 60 sec causes the lactic acid (or some sort of muscle breakdown byproduct) to build up in your muscles, at which point it is very difficult to get back down to the pace you were holding. These "real swimmers" must never be confused with your typical tri-swimmer who generally swims 45 min or less, maybe 1 hr tops. Therefore, I propose:

Swim WOs of 1 hr or less: no real need to pee in the pool, hold it until you get out.
Swim WOs exceeding 1 hr: OK to pee in the pool, you've earned it.

At my club, there are only a total of about 3 swimmers (me and 2 others) whose WO usually goes over an hour, and hence so the urine input to the pool would be pretty minimal if my compromise were implemented.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Couldn't agree more. You break the pee in the pool rule, and we won't complain. Someone breaks the don't burgle your house rule, or don't drink and drive and crash into you rule, and you don't complain. Fair?

Let me guess: you swim less than 1 hr typically???

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Yes, you are correct. Are you not prepared to answer the question. Should I make it more appropriate? Ok... how about only serious burglars who are prepared to commit grievous harm are allowed to burgle you?

Actually, the last time my house was broken into, they did not take anything, I guess because I have very few material possessions, and apparently none of interest to the robbers:)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Yup, not prepared to answer the question.

The answer is I don't care if someone comes in my house or not. It is unlocked all the time anyway and I do not have a house key. This is the honest truth. If they come in when I'm home, my three dogs will be very excited to finally attack someone. If they come when the dogs and I aren't home, then so what, I have nothing they will want.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Sensitive.

Live and let live then? Fair enough.

Although...... you came home and your house was open because you left it open, and nothing was missing, how does that translate into your house was broken into by robbers? There was no robbery and no broken into.

I don't think one 'earns' the right to pee in the pool (thus earning the right to disrespect others). Some of my swim sessions are longer than an hour and I will consume a bottle of water during those sessions. I rarely find the need to go to the bathroom and when I do, I have zero issue jumping out of the pool and hitting the rest room. I don't pee in the pool because I'm a grown adult and I don't want to disrespect the other swimmers in the pool. For me, it's really that simple.

As I said before, those that are too lazy to exit the pool and don't care about other swimmers will continue to pee in the pool. Nothing will change their mind. They will find any way possible to justify their behavior (my old high school coach wouldn't let us out of the pool.....professional swimmers pee in the pool.....etc.). I was just raised by a different set of morals and values.

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Are you serious? One is breaking the law, one is not even remotely a "rule."

hope you don't break your hip when you fall off that high horse.
morals???

seriously you think peeing in the pool is a moral issue?

They climbed in via the window and left it open in the winter. (Apparently they did not think about just trying the door:) That open window was the only way I knew anyone had been in the house. But you have a point as the house was not "broken into" and nothing was stolen, so technically it was not a "robbery".

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Wouldn't it depend on what the rules of the pool are? I'm pretty sure that if I asked the gym if peeing in the pool was OK or not they would tell me no. If I choose to disregard their rules (whether I agree or not is irrelevant since I entered into some kind agreement to follow all their rules when I joined) am I not guilty of some type of moral breach?

When I see a local ordinance or law prohibiting peeing in the pool we'll have that discussion and your question might be relevant.

I don't see that as a morality issue

I don't see peeing in the pool as a morality issue either. I see breaking the rules I've agreed to follow as one though.

Regardless, I don't care if you pee the pool.

Seriously, you are all being irrational. People are perfectly willing to swim in lakes and ponds where animals are doing who knows what, things are dying and decomposing. Yet you want your pool water to be some untouched diamond pure nectar of the gods. Imagine if we put the water from some ponds or lakes in a pool, you'd be like "that water is unfit, unsafe, look how murky and brown!". It's a matter of perception, you've swam in much worse water and enjoyed it much more.

Yeah no kidding! I don't pee in the pool but just the same there's far worse in open water!

Great point, I've had the same thought.

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Yeah, you're right. I've swam 2.4 miles in the Ohio River. Twice.

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Pink? Maybe. Maybe not. You decide.

Never really thought too much about this before but at the regular masters swim set I attend where we swim for around an hour I have not once seen anyone leave the pool to pee. I'm sure there must have been one or two that slipped out while I wasn't looking but it's certainly not common. So with all of those hundreds of cummulative hours assuming around 20-25 people per sessions x ~300 session a year in total (I only attend very few I'll point out) that about 6,000 potential peeing hours and very very few people ever get out.....me thinks there must be a lot of peeing going on in that pool! So far I haven't contracted asthma or anything else for that matter, just a matter of time though I guess.

All those people laking morals.

I define morals the same way the dictionary does (see definition below). Thus I see public urination as an immoral activity. The one person here said they hope I don't break my hip falling from my high horse. I find that interesting. Apparently to that person, not peeing in public is a VERY high moral. I see it differently. It's not that big of a stretch, for me, to get out of the pool and hit the restroom. It's clear that to some of you that is a very big deal and are making a conscious decision to: be lazy, be immature, and be disrespectful to other swimmers. Again, you will use whatever means you have to in order to justify your actions. So be it. All you're really doing is justifying your laziness, immaturity and disrespectful behavior (imo).

Just because other people pee in the people doesn't mean I have to reduce myself to their level and do it as well. I try not to conform to the lowest common denominator.

Definition of MORAL
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a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior :ethical <moral judgments>

b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <amoral poem>

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You've yet to convince me that there's anything wrong with something that (1) is not against any rule*, (2) doesn't impact anyone negatively, (3) nobody is ever likely to know about, and (4) is generally considered acceptable behavior among competitive/serious swimmers.

*It's not mentioned in the posted pool rules at the club where I swim. (Showering before entering the pool is.)

Can't believe this post is still alive. I shared it with my wife last night and she says to me "so?.... doesn't everyone?" LOL Then goes to say "is this a joke? Someone is actually that ignorant to think that this is not normal..... It's sterile- you could drink the shit straight with zero ill affect" LOL again. I Love my wife.....

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The people who are against peeing in the pool make me want to pee in the pool even more just to spite them.

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It's pretty sad that you need a posted rule not to pee in a public rule. I'd be worried about what else you do when there are no posted rules. Like I said before, just because a lot of people do it, doesn't mean I'm going to lower myself to their standards. No amount of justification you do will change the fact that I see those that pee in the pool as lazy, immature and disrespectful. We are all raised by different set of morals and values.

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And for the person who sent me the nice PM filled with hate, you pretty much just justified everything I said. Defending your need to pee in a pool to the point you PM somebody to tell them off. That says a lot about the type of person you are. Congrats.

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A hate filled PM is uncalled for, taking your word for what was in it, but so is your description above. Just as disturbing.

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Then I'll be lazy and immature and disrespectful like Phelps and Lochte and every other olympic swimmer thats ever lived, you're simply not making a case as to why the water should somehow be lab quality pure H2O, I bet the air you breathe has more contaminants and harmful biological agents than a pool after mommy and me class. By your logic, you shouldn't be driving a car, given we know it causes pollution and bad air quality yet you do it anyway, isn't that lazy, immature and disrespectful?

I have to side with TriGirl here - seriously you equate peeing in the pool with unethical immoral behaviour. - that is quite the high horse you live on.

No, I don't pee in the pool but it is sterile and I don't give a rat's hiney if someone does. Now next summer I have to swim in the Hudson for NYC Tri - THAT scares me.

I have the hardest time peeing in the pool.. I have to be out of the water to pee. I tried before but it wont go... I remember snorkeling once, I had to pee so bad but it wouldnt go. I had to stand up and take off my shorts to try to pee, and it almost went out but the wave knocked me over and then I couldn't pee again...

How do you do it?

Tell you what, the day you swim in the olympics I'll understand why you pee in the pool.

I find it easy to label it immoral since I was raised to see the difference between right and wrong. I see peeing in the pool as wrong. Plus with it so easy to hit the restroom, I find one's that won't use the rest room as lazy. It appears you are proud to be lazy, immature and disrespectful. Your justification is that the 'pro's' do it. LOL. Society needs people like you....you make the rest of us look good. :)

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I was going to cut and paste the PM, but why feed a troll. I grew up with a pool. My parents raised me to actually pee in the bathroom and not in the pool. Thus I was raised that peeing in the pool is immoral (see definition of morals). Part of my issue is also the thought of actually peeing on myself. The only time I've peed in a wetsuit was at 250+ feet scuba diving. Most tri's have porta potties at the swim entrance or near T-area. I find using those rest rooms beats peeing on myself. I don't really care that it is sterile. Using that as justification, please let me pee in your next drink.

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You're dodging our questions, I don't have a problem with you believing that but to say its a moral issue backed up by right and wrong, you need to objectively state why it's wrong, not why you don't like it, that's subjective, you're mixing the two. If you can provide a logical rebuttal to my car example that will give your logic credibility, but there is no way you can object to peeing in the pool for the reasons you state and think its ok to drive a car that pollutes the air we all breathe.

Totally agree. Also don't know why this person feels the need to foist their own sense of morality on the rest of us. There's so much more to life than trying to get others to follow your own particular moral code.

As to the original topic it seems like responses MOSTLY break down into those who were on swim teams starting at a young age who have absolutely no problem with peeing in a pool and those who have come to swimming at a later stage in life who tend to have more of a problem. I swam competitively from the age of 8 until I was 21 and played water polo from 14-28 and I never met a single soul in either program who even gave a seconds thought to this question, we all just peed in the pool and got on with practice/game.

I'm far more disturbed by your ability to consider pissing in a pool a moral issue then any amount of urine that might end up in the water I swim in. Be it pool or open water. It must be tough living in any proximity to you with those attitudes. Also, triathlon may just be a hobby for you and that's great but if you're serious about competing learn to pee on the bike or while running. It can be the difference between podium spots and I speak from experience..

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Maybe if this guy spent more time training and less time contemplating meaningless topics such as this he would be faster and then be more inclined to not waste 2 minutes pulling off the bike to take a leak.... Just say'n

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What's the alternative to driving a car (given the distance of my commute)? Not having a job and living off welfare? The Democrats would love that, but I really don't see that as an option. The alternative to peeing in the pool is 50 feet away: locker room. I'm not trying to push my morals on anyone. Like I said, I grew-up with a pool. My parents raised me to pee in the bathroom prior to entering a pool, thus raised that peeing in the pool was wrong. Not only that, my parents raised me to respect others. I see peeing in the pool as disrespectful, thus I don't do it. You may be in the lane next too me, tell me it's okay by you if I pee in the pool, and I still say no. I can hold it or simple walk to the rest room.

Using the excuse that you grew up peeing in the pool is weak. There are a lot of things I did as a kid that I no longer do today. I grew up and matured and no longer do those things.

I'm not trying to change your mind from peeing in the pool. I know people do it, yet I still go to the pool. I just don't do it and no level of justification will get me to pee on myself.

And for the person that said it must be hard to be around me because I have a different set of morals...well that's funny. I don't find it hard to be around people who have a different set of morals. I'm not that close minded. lol.

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This is funny. Now you're implying that I don't train enough because I'd get off the bike and pee. I didn't know you kept my personal stats of training time and race time. I also didn't know you timed how long it takes me to pee. I'm starting to think you are stalking me.

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I believe sweat and urine are chemically similar. Not much to worry about I would think.

Good to know you don't mind spending time with such morally reprehensible people as those who would pee in a pool.

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I'm with Guppie on this one, though maybe not to the same degree. The argument that "everyone does it" doesn't really hold any weight, because there's tons of things that "everyone does" that are extremely horrible. I get out of the pool and "waste" that precious 1 minute of time training to go pee. As far as it being acceptable, next time you pee in the pool, announce it to everyone and see what their reaction is.

I have no issue at all with someone feeling it is disgusting to pee in the pool or swim in it. That's a valid and fair opinion. Just don't start preaching about "moral" and how your parents are better cause they raised you "right".

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It's not "public urination" if no one can see you do it. It's not like we're all whipping the big boy out on the pool deck and sending a big stream down into the pool. Now THAT would be public urination.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Ya, I believe every aspiring swimmer of even medium dedication has peed in the pool on a regular basis, given their many, many 2 - 3 hr WOs.

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I can't believe this one is STILL going....

everyone does NOT do it.... I've been doing squads for 25+ years and there has NEVER been a coach I've had that was cool with the pee in the pool.

Agree with the comments that it's 1 min of your time.

Now open water swimming in the ocean.... for another thread....

Turns out you could argue that you are allowed to pee in my local pool, but are you wearing the correct swimming attire?
- Suitable clean swim attire must be worn at all times......
- Non-toilet trained children must wear aqua nappies.

So, Olympians are subject to a different moral bar than the rest of the unwashed masses. Cool. Where is the cutoff though? Will you allow NCAA finalists to urinate at their leisure? Nationals qualifiers? Country Club league runner ups? How fast must one be to pee in the pool without imperiling their immortal souls?

Since you were a backstroker, let's say sub-1:00 for 100 back, SCY.

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Fast enough to swim out of your own piss.

We should suggest this as a project for kid doing triathlon maths:)

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I just have a hard time to believe, that anyone who is that much against peeing in the pool (and really not seeing why people would do it) has ever done just a singe real swim workout. And I am not talking about swimming X times 500 alone until you feel like you have enough. I have stepped out of the pool before on workouts were I was alone and felt like I needed a little rest anyway. But swimming 30*100 with a squat and maybe 8s rest and 5s apart. NO WAY would not just disturb me but others as well.

Other question to the people who say they just go the 50m to the restroom. Imagine you do a track workout with a team. Something like 20*400m with a minute rest. Now after 15 you really need to pee. So you could either go 150m to the clubhouse and use the restroom resulting in a missed interval or just piss on the next tree 10m away.

And seriously how can anyone not pee in the wetsuit before the start. For me it just has to do with the excitement before the race. Just can not hold it back. I used to row and have stood up in a eight before just to "calm my nerves" before a race :-)

Hallelujah. I'm saved. I'm going to guzzle a pitcher of water and head over to the club right now in celebration.

Careful now, you're really verging on "public urination" now!!!

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

Maybe there is a different perspective in the US compared to Europe. (At least someone here told me, that you could be registered as a sex offender when someone sees you pissing on a tree what I find pretty disturbing)
Seriously with all the porn in the internet these days how can it be that much of a problem if you happen to see a penis flash up (and I mean in a totally non sexual way). When I used to live in Zürich and jumped in the lake for a quick swim after uni I newer bothered to bring a big towel (who got space to carry that around) with me to cover myself when changing into my swimshorts. That is like 2 seconds. Boxershorts down swimshorts up. And when someone accidentally saw my blank ass doing that so what. (Just to be clear I am not doing that in front of children on purpose or to offend anyone!)
But maybe that is a bit off topic now

Definitely diff over here on everything related to sexuality. American women are much more hesitant about "getting down and dirty" than European girls are.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

That does not apply to the topic at all.

"piss off"

A guy here in Michigan was arrested and now a registered sex offender. All for peeing on a golf course. He went in the woods but a group of ladies who never saw him actually pee (their admission) filed charges. The kid was on 60 minutes not to long ago talking about how it's ruined his life and he can't get a judge to remove it.

Reading some of the replies I find it interesting that in order to to a REAL swim workout one must pee in the pool. And if they get out of the pool (or off the bike) to pee then they are not training hard enough. Those statements are comically. Idiotic. But
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Honest question here.... whats your swim background? I'm not trying to convince you to pee in the pool but I would hope you may be able to slightly understand where the swimmers are coming from when they say they pee in the pool all the time.

I've been swimming competitively since age 5 (currently 26). I've swam on some pretty serious club teams and swam for a d1 college. Once you get to the higher/elite age group practices, you learn that getting out of the pool to pee is not necessarily acceptable among your fellow teammates (guys AND GIRLS), ONLY because you inherently end up missing part of the set or next set . With practice being 2 hrs or more, coaches are using that time as EFFICIENTLY as possible. There's no time in that practice window to lolly gag around and definitely no bathroom breaks for everyone. They are trying to get 7000+ yards in during that window so that usually means 1 minute between sets and its pretty hard to not miss the next set, unless you can pee and run really fast. If your restroom is right next to your lane, great, go for it as long as you can be back in the water on time for your send off. Those that use the bathroom, end up missing part of the set, and get more rest, get a lot of crap from their teammates. Can you imagine a 14 year old girl giving you crap about missing a set and calling you a wuss? Do you really think a 14 year old boy to going to take that from a girl? What does he do, he toughens up (well most do) and learns to pee in the pool. When you spend 20 hrs a week in pool with your teammates who constantly use the bathroom during the hard set (or any set for that fact), it gets on your nerves real fast, especially if that person is your same speed or even faster. You are probably going to comment that we shouldn't care what other people do. And yes you are right on that but it's just not realistic and it isn't going to happen especially as a teenager.

So moral of the story, if you can get out and pee without missing part of the workout, great, no one will ever give you crap (they may look at you weird but who cares). If you get out to pee and miss part of the workout, you will be defined as a slacker, wuss, etc. Not trying to put anyone down here, just trying to inform the non-swimmers where the swimmers are coming from.

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[quote guppie58A guy here in Michigan was arrested and now a registered sex offender. All for peeing on a golf course. He went in the woods but a group of ladies who never saw him actually pee (their admission) filed charges. The kid was on 60 minutes not to long ago talking about how it's ruined his life and he can't get a judge to remove it.[/quote]
And now please tell that you are perfectly fine with that. I think if something like that is even a possibility, then there is something seriously wrong with the system. Definitely would NOT happen in Europe!


@Stevej +1. that is exacly how I see it as well

And now please tell that you are perfectly fine with that. I think if something like that is even a possibility, then there is something seriously wrong with the system. Definitely would NOT happen in Europe!


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I don't understand your first sentence.

I was a football player in high school. Swimmer's were.....well. In my time at the school, they were their own crowd. My swimming is tied to my participation in triathlons, thus maybe 10 years now. I can easily say not once have I peed in the pool. The thought of peeing in the pool hasn't even crossed my mind.

Steve is using an example as a youth who is at the mercy of a coach. I'm assuming you're a grown adult now.

While you are peeing in the pool, do you announce it to everyone? Would you be okay with your gym hanging your picture on the wall announcing you as a pool peeing person? If somebody jumped in your lane and told you that they were peeing, would you just stand there in their urine and continue to talk?

I'm still sticking to it being a moral issue. We all have different morals. I'm an atheist so there are a bunch of religious people that would see me as immoral. I don't care. They preach, etc. I just smile. I wasn't raised with religious morals. I also don't preach not peeing in the pool at my local gym. I just do my workout and move on. As others have said, apparently I'm not really doing any workouts since it's not a workout unless you pee in the pool. I wonder, can I just jump in the lane, pee, then jump out and call that a workout? Will I become a faster swimmer that way? If I'm on the treadmill, should I just pee on myself? will that make me a faster runner? Then there is spin class. During a two hour spin session, will I get more out of the workout if I just pee in myself?

I do see peeing in the pool as lazy, immature is disrespectful. I understand some grew up with coaches telling them otherwise, however you're an adult now. Time to put away the childish behavior.

move this to locker room behavior: clipping toe nails and leaving the toe cheese on the counter or on the carpet. There is no rule saying you need to pick up the toe cheese. Is that acceptable behavior? We all have locker room horror stories. Many of which there are no rules against.

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Time to get a picture of someone peeing the woods and an assault rifle. One I find morally reprehensible, the other is just someone taking a piss yet in the US brandishing a fully loaded weapon with the ability to kill uncountable numbers is just fine yet a glance at someone's penis is grounds for arrest. Sorry, I don't get it. Well, I'm not sorry but I don't get it.

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I would never swim in any pool, except maybe your backyard pool, ever again becuase someone, everyone, will be peeing in it except you. I don't care what anyone thinks! I treat people the way I expect to be treated- with respect. And yes, I would just stand there if someone next to was peeing- done it thousands of times....

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There are other people on this thread who have stated that they don't pee in the pool. I'm one of them.

What many people are doing in your direction right now...

Lighten up!

You answered my question about the swimming part.

Mercy of the coach.... sure I see what you are saying. I'm 26, have a full time engineering job, work 50-60 hrs/week, and I still hold myself accountable to the same workout regime my coaches did although I don't swim 20 hrs anymore. There is very limited rest in between sets (1 min), I get my swim in and I get out. I'm not there to screw around in the pool and I don't have all the time in the world to take my time. Me personally, I feel I don't get a good enough workout in if I take too much rest. I've taken too much rest in between sets and during sets, and when I'm done, I'm kinda disappointed in myself. I personally feel I've cheated MYSELF. In no way am I saying this applies to everyone because different things drive different people. Not everyone is a swimmer and not everyone is going to understand where I am coming from. I get that and it's ok with me. All I'm trying to do is explain where most swimmers are coming from.


What I do have an issue is questioning others character over the internet on such a silly issue. Meet me face to face, shake my hand, and lets have an intelligent conversation. You will then see what kind of character I have. And it's just not this issue, there are plenty of people on this forum are waiting for bait to harp on others over silly issues.

No I don't announce it to everyone when I am peeing in the pool (I have in the past but that was when I swimming with a team). If a stranger asked me if I was peeing, I would say yes. If my gym wanted to post a picture of me on their wall.... sure go ahead, I have no issues with that. And yes if someone was peeing right next to me, I wouldn't move and that wouldn't be the first time I didn't move.

You can call it a moral issue. Agree to disagree. Do you drive the speed all the time? Do ever drive above the speed limit? That could be construed as a moral issue. You are breaking the law when you speed. Do most people do it? Yes and most people speed because everyone else does (or they are in a hurry).

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As I said long ago, its all perception. If you perceive it as being rude with no real factual reason, then we don't have a problem, they are your personal morals, no one can argue with that. The fact is, and this is from the study, it doesn't matter, many people on here are just apathetic as a result, ideally no one wants to swim in urine, but whether or not, its inconsequential, it simply doesn't matter, therefore we don't care. Would you call it rude if someone peed in the ocean or in a lake where people swam, if there was a restroom facility close?

Everyone here is really arguing a different point than you, you just find it *whatever*, just for the sake of the action. We are arguing that the action is factually inconsequential, therefore, has no "right and wrong" associated with it. I mean, haven't you ever spit on the ground while biking or running, isn't is possible someone steps in that and tracks germs into their house, wouldn't it be easier just to swallow? Does it matter? Ideally its does, but practically it does not, its the same situation here.

When I was in recue swimmer school in the coast guard, first off there wasnt a chance in hell we would have been allowed to get out of the pool to pee. Furthermore the warmth of the pee gave a much needed brief respite from the freezing cold pool water. Survival man!

People do a lot of things when they know it will be anonymous.

Exactly why I always list my name on forums and do not hide behind a ficticious screen name!

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Tough to answer some of the replies using Ipad. Doesn't flow so nice on the screen.

I already mentioned that I know people pee in the pool and that I still go to the pool and swim, so I'm not sure why this person replied like this. Maybe they were too lazy to read the other threads, which also explains why they pee in the pool.

To the person that said lighten up...well, I am lighten up. I'm laughing at many of these replies. Think about it. Grown adults justifying, and in some cases bragging, about peeing on themselves. I also moderate a political forum so I probable have much tougher internet skin than most. I rarely, if ever, get worked up over internet discussions.

Somebody brought up speeding. First, that's different because it's a law. The issue with peeing is that there is no real rule telling adults not to pee in the pool. Somebody else brought up spitting on the sidewalk. This past summer, this actually became an issue. I saw a scuffle break out between two runners (we were all on the track doing our own running workouts). Apparently one of the runners kept spitting on the track. Another runner asked him to spit in the grass or weeds so people didn't have to run through his spit. A common courtesy to other runners. Well, apparently the spitter took exception to that, to the point of actually getting in to a scuffle. I agree that it would be common courtesy to not spit on the track, especially since this track was surrounded by a field of weeds less than 10 inches from the end of the track. But this person felt differently.

I know my opinion comes out strong and insulting to some. I'm sorry for that. I would have the same opinion if we met in person. I have friends that smoke weed, and do other dumb things. I'm pretty open with them on how I feel about their actions, but if they want to act in that manner so be it.

This thread is just going in circles. I think we've all spoken our peace so let's just agree to disagree. Plus, I see there is farting in spin class thread.

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I can pee in all four strokes. One of the many talents that come from competitive swimming since the age of 8... and having done intervals so tight you can't even pee on the wall much less the bathroom.

Worrying about someone's pee making you sick is understandable, but realistically the chemicals in the pool are strong enough and the volume of pee vs volume of pool water makes it insignificant ("the solution to pollution, is dilution") just like the amount of fish pee in the ocean. I have always gotten sick from high chlorine levels ("poisoning" your immune and respiratory system).

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I am a lifelong swimmer, coming from the 'enforcement' (lifegaurd) side of the equation I habitually do not pee in the pool. Is it a bad thing to do? Not really - Canadian soldiers pissed in hankies to save themselves from chlorine gas in WWI (Battle of Ypres - look it up). So much for the death from peeing the pool argument. OTOH - if you were to shart in the pool, that's a 'code brown' and the health nazi's require the pool to be cleared of people and circulated for HOURS. I have to drive a considerable distance to swim with my Masters Club and if you have a brown spot on the back of your swimsuit and you've cut my work out short, you're going to wish you never heard the word dryland 'cause I'm going to work your ass off so bad you'll be praying for death itself. Pee in the pool all you want - just don't fn fart in the damned thing and find out you've got diarreah after the fact. <rant off>

I wouldnt worry about it. People piss on each other all the time...directly, nothing bad happens. I sharted in the pool once, that sucked but I hopped like 2 lanes over before anybody noticed and the lifeguards blamed it on this girl.

Considering you got all worked up because some old man didn't take a shower before getting in, it doesn't surprise me you would get all high and mighty about pissing in the pool. You really should invest in your own pool, since you will never be able to control your environment inside our outside your home, but at least you can spare the rest of us from your copious complaining.

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"In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Towers. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying stripes of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway." T Durden

Amen, Brother!

Hilarious! I love this thread.

R. Kelly would love this thread...

I teach in the pool so I spend hours a day in it, and have never peed in it. I pee on my bike, while running, kayaking a few times, and probably some more I've forgotten, in those situations it's all about the logistics challenge, peeing in the pool is just too easy.

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yeah that would be funny.......unlike the dickhead that thought it would be "ok" to blow huge snot rockets at the lane end, on a very busy weekday evening (100+ in the pool complex)......good news, he won't be back anytime soon at my local rec centre, he might be swimming at your pool though :)
.........and who knew that the cute blonde lifeguard could yell and swear "that" loud as she kicked him out, making sure the whole place knew what was going on.

Pee....whatever.......anything that "floats" no thank you......cue the "Caddyshack" mars bar

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If you run long enough....something is bound to happen

My daughters swim coach is big on the don't use peeing as an excuse to skip the worst part of the main set....

blowing your nose in the pool got him kicked out... when your swimming and you blow bubbles out your nose... do you think the snot just magically stays in?

If I read this correctly you either 1. Have no idea what a "snot rocket" is, or 2. are quite happy having a huge floating wad of green phlegm hit you in the face at the end of a lane.......either way enjoy this pic



Now, do you think its still ok ?

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really doesn't bother me. I mean i swim in open water. stuff touches me all the time, i normally don't even bother to see what it is

unless you just started using beet juice .......... that might show up in the pool :)



Tim

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Thumbs up. Driving sucks. I keep the recirculate function on.

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ahh, so that's the infamous "red dye indicator"!